We are the Arzaga's

Jacob's First Day of 2nd Grade

We can't believe how fast Jacob is growing.

We can't believe how many kids live on our street; much less, how many are on this one bus stop

Last Day of Summer

What better way to spend the last day of summer than cooling off in our neighborhood swimming pools.

"Long" Weekend

A great time with cousins was had on Labor Day weekend.

Cousins!

But mom, we are acting our ages!

Drew and his new baby bro, Brady

A friendly game of soccer, but Drew isn't too happy about it ;-]

Ring around the poesy - Courtesy of Allen Long

Getting ready for the bonfire

Ashburn (Dinosaur) Park

Another weekend, another playground, another great day!

DinosaurPark

Brothers Arzaga singing BTR

Justin Beiber: child, please...Jonas Brothers: LAAAME...Big Time Rush: step aside and make room for the Brothers Arzaga

Playground Fun @ Clemyjontri Park

Now this is a playground!

Two brothers + a tire swing = Summer Fun!

Brothers Arzaga racing at the Clemyjontri Park

Jakers and Joey making their way around the Clemyjontri Park maze.

A Day at Nats Town (vs Giants)

July 4th Weekend

Nothing like family time than wearing matching Old Navy "Flag" shirts on the Fourth of July.

July 4th Weekend

Jacob and mommy go hiking at the Bull Run Battlefields, Manassas, VA

100* F searing heat? No problem...

Staying cool at the nearby Atlantis Waterpark, Bull Run Regional Park...

It's not a Fourth of July without fireworks, right?

(Pardon, can't rotate the video view it in portrait view.)

Joey's 4th Birthday

Our baby is FOUR!

Not only did Joey have a birthday pool party at the beach...

...Joey also had a Fourth of July birthday party with fireworks back home!

OBX 2010

Our many activities around and about the OBX.
The boys chillaxin' while Mommy shops at the Wings and Life is Good stores...

An ice cream break at Scrarborough Faire Shoppes...

Our attempt to take a family portrait...sooo close

The kids at the NC Aquarium in Manteo

Tristan at the Nags Head Pier shows off his catch...

Lunch at Sunset Grille...

In front of the Currituck Sound...

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OBX 2010

Beachin' Good Times

About to hit the beach...

Joey...

Our slice of beach heaven...

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Beachin' Good Times

Blue Dolphin Beach House

Jacob's become a fish...

Tristan learned firsthand what consequences are to starting a water fight against the Kim Empire...

When the kids weren't sunnin', swimmin' or beachin', they were watchin' SpongeBob...

After a long day at the pool and the beach, the boys retired to their "clubhouse"...

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Blue Dolphin Beach House

Bias Shore Beach, Duck, NC

A Day at Chesapeake, VA

We wanted to get a headstart on our beach vacation to the OBX, so we left NoVA a day earlier and arrived at Chesapeake, VA to meet with our cousins for dinner at Paradox Restaurant...
The kids:

The adults:

The ladies:

Mommy and Jacob:

Back in the hotel:

Tristan is looking more and more like his father...

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A Day at Chesapeake, VA

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - unknown
"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." Bonnie Friedman
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice." William Jennings Bryan
"Do good things, good things happen." My Name is Earl
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - unknown
"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." - Robert Herrick
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Princess Bride"
"He who knows patience knows peace." Chinese proverb
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts is with a simple smile." Goldie Hawn
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? - Stand By Me
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman
"I wish I had your passion... misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion." - Field of Dreams
"In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." Vince Lombardi
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets oppurtunity."
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." Soren Kierkegaard
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." Earl Nightingale
"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." Anonymous
"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. " - Roger Miller
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau
"The secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment" Bill Watterson via Calvin and Hobbes
"The true test of character is... how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while. " - Bull Durham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Donald Laird
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " Dead Poets Society
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb
"Who I am, is who I want to be." Reba McEntire
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl G. Jung
"Work hard, play harder...one day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching." - unknown

We are the Arzaga's

Jacob's First Day of 2nd Grade

Last Day of Summer

"Long" Weekend

Ashburn (Dinosaur) Park

Brothers Arzaga singing BTR

Playground Fun @ Clemyjontri Park

Underwater Jacob: Take 2

Underwater Jacob

A Day at Nats Town (vs Giants)

July 4th Weekend

Joey's 4th Birthday

OBX 2010

Beachin' Good Times

Blue Dolphin Beach House

Bias Shore Beach, Duck, NC

A Day at Chesapeake, VA

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